DEARDURFF, Jeremiah Ford 'Jerry' 1851 - 1941

DEARDURFF, GANTZ, SCOTT, TIBBETTS, JONES

Posted By: Patricia E. Morris
Date: 5/27/2006 at 15:22:45

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Saturday, February 1, 1941
Front Page, Column 3

J. F. DEARDURFF, WIDELY KNOWN, DIES TODAY
Services Sunday afternoon for former city official

Jerry F. DEARDURFF, 89, widely-known resident of Fairfield, passed away Friday evening about 6:30 o'clock, at the Jefferson county hospital, following a week's illness. He had been taken to the hospital on Thursday.

Funeral services will be held from the Weston Behner funeral home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. Hugh R. Brower in charge. Odd Fellows lodge members will act as pallbearers, while the Masons will have services at the cemetery. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

Mr. DEARDURFF was born Dec. 9, 1852 (sic - 1851), in Dayton, Ohio, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Eli DEARDURFF. He is survived by his wife, to whom he was married on March 23, 1934.

He was an active member of the Odd Fellows Jefferson Lodge No. 4 of Fairfield, of the Clinton Lodge No. 15 A. F. and A. M., and of the First Presbyterian church of this city.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Monday, February 3, 1941
Page EIGHT, Column 4

SERVICES FOR J. F. DEARDURFF HELD SUNDAY
Pioneer resident of Fairfield laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Weston Behner Funeral home for Jerry F. DEARDURFF, 89, who passed away Friday evening at the Jefferson county hospital. Rev. Hugh R. Brower was in charge of the services.

Several vocal selections were give by George McMican, accompanied at the piano by Marshall Barnes. Pallbearers were members of the Odd Fellows lodge, Charles O. Carter, Floyd McQuiston, J. A. Weygandt, W. G. Clark, E. H. Kyle and Charles Lynn. Grave services were conducted by members of the Masonic lodge. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery.

Mr. DEARDURFF was born December 9, 1852 (sic), in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Eli G. and Martha J. DEARDURFF. He came with his parents by boat to Keokuk, and then by hack to Fairfield, when he was still a baby. The roads were so bad on that journey that the elder DEARDURFF walked most of the way to Fairfield, and arrived here before the hack could make the trip. Mr. DEARDURFF told often with pride of attending the first state fair when he was about four years old. The fair grounds were located just back of the DEARDURFF home at 303 West Hempstead.

In 1878 Mr. DEARDURFF began working for the C. B. & Q. railroad in the building department, and remained there for seven years. During that time he was promoted to the post of superintendent of buildings of the east Iowa division. It was during that period that he helped with the construction of the old depot which is now used for the Church of the Nazarene.

For many years after this, he worked at the carpenter trade, until 1910, when he was elected city clerk. He served in that position for five years, during the period when Joseph Ricksher, E. A. Howard, Charles J. Fulton and Ralph Munro were mayors. It was during Howard's term of office that he helped to win for Fairfield its first paving. Mr. DEARDURFF also served on the city council from the second ward for eight years, and in all was connected with the city work for thirteen years.

On September 18, 1878, Mr. DEARDURRFF was united in marriage with Margaret G. SCOTT of Abingdon. They made their home at 303 West Hempstead, which has been Mr. DEARDURFF's home since his parents first moved to this city, with the exception of two years spent in Ottumwa, and seven years on a farm near Wessington Springs, South Dakota.

Mrs. Margaret DEARDURFF preceded her husband in death on March 27, 1933. Some time later, Mr. DEARDURFF was remarried to Ethel M. JONES. She survives him.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes only; not related to any person in article.

Patricia's note: 1st marriage to Margaret G. SCOTT - 18 September 1878 - JEFFERSON COUNTY MARRIAGE Record #4967. 2nd marriage to Ethel May (nee TIBBETTS) JONES; his mother's maiden name was GANTZ - JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, Vol. 11, by Orville & Mary Prill. In LEDGER, Mon, Dec 12 1938, 5-2, it states the year he was born as 1851.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, May 21, 1941
Page SEVEN, Column 8

PROBATE OF WILL

State of Iowa, Jefferson County, ss:

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that an instrument, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of J. F. DEARDURFF, Deceased, is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, and that Tuesday, May 27th, A. D. 1941 at 9:30 o'clock A. M. has been set for proof and final hearing of same.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this 20th day of May, 1941.

(SEAL)
W. S. Parkin
Clerk of District court
By Alfreda Engstrand, Deputy
May 21

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, May 27, 1941
Page FIVE, Column 5

WILL OF LATE J. F. DEARDURFF IS READ TODAY
All of estate left to widow, Ethel M. DEARDURFF

The last will and testament of the late J. F. DEARDURFF was admitted to probate this morning in the office of the county clerk. Under the terms of the will, Mr. DEARDURFF's widow, Ethel M. DEARDURFF, was appointed sole executrix of the estate.

The DEARDURFF homestead, lot number 2 in block number 7, in the New Plat to the city of Fairfield, was willed to Mrs. DEARDURFF. The will provided for payment of all just claims and last expenses against the estate from the personal property belonging to Mr. DEARDURFF. The rest, remaineder and residue of the personal estate, including the household furnishings, was bequeathed to Mrs. DEARDURFF.

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*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Admin note: Buried with first wife Margaret in Lot Old.P.025; second wife Ethel died in 1943 and is also on this same lot.